PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Inclusion of this important documentary speaks loudly of the credibility that "The Syndrome' has mustered. The medical establishment has done its best to silence critics of the hollow 'shaken baby syndrome doctrine." Filmmaker Meryl Goldsmith's production 'The Syndrome' will go a long way towards countering the propoganda and ignorance - and towards minimizing the risk that more and more innocent people will be dragged into the criminal courts because of a scientifically untenable medical myth.' The Syndrome's website tells us:
"Audrey Edmunds, mother of three, spent 11 years in prison for killing a
baby she never harmed. And she is not alone. What happens when widely
held beliefs based on junk science lead to the convictions of innocent
people? The Syndrome is an explosive documentary following the
crusade of a group of doctors, scientists, and legal scholars who have
uncovered that “Shaken Baby Syndrome,” a child abuse theory responsible
for hundreds of prosecutions each year in the US, is not scientifically
valid. In fact, they say, it does not even exist. Filmmaker Meryl
Goldsmith teams with Award-winning investigative reporter Susan
Goldsmith to document the unimaginable nightmare for those accused and
shine a light on the men and women dedicating their lives to defending
the prosecuted and freeing the convicted. The Syndrome uncovers
the origins of the myth of “Shaken Baby Syndrome.” It unflinchingly
identifies those who have built careers and profited from this theory
along with revealing their shocking pasts. Shaken baby proponents are
determined to silence their critics while an unthinkable number of lives
are ruined." I would love to be at the two-day symposium as there are topics of strong interest to this blog, such as
: 'The science of forensic science: 'Use and abuse in courtroom,' 'Crime labs, the FBI, and federal oversight of forensics' and 'Fixing forensics: Why its urgent, and how we do it.' More grist for our mill.
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog;
http://wvlawreview.wvu.edu/west-virginia-law-review-symposium-2016/agenda